Robert T. White School of Practical Nursing
Alliance, Ohio
APA Formatting
PLAGIARISM
1. Do not claim the words and ideas of another as your
own.
2. Give credit where credit is due.
3. Quotation marks should be used to indicate exact words
of another author. “The art of nursing
is the work of the heart” (Dos, 2009, p. 22).
4. Paraphrase is a summarization of a passage or
rearranges the order of a sentence and changing some of the words; you need to
credit the source in the text. Nursing
is the art of using the heart (Doe, 2009).
5. Can also do: Doe (2009) stated that “the art of
nursing is the work of the heart” (p. 312).
6. Or: Doe (2009) stated nursing is the art of using the
heart (p. 312).
7. Just a reminder if you have not lived the material
presented or been the author of the material, you must give credit.
8. If citing the same author in a paragraph, the date is
only needed after each sentence (2009) not the authors name.
TITLE PAGE
1. Title should summarize the main idea of your paper in
less than 50 characters.
2. Header: at the right side of the page
One or two words of the title
5 spaces then page number
Close header
3. Running head:
TITLE IN ALL CAPS (on title page
only).
4. In the middle of the page place:
Title
Your name
Robert T. White School of
Practical Nursing
Date
REFERENCES:
1. In alphabetical order
2. Tables, figures, and pictures must have a reference
and noted at the end of the work such as (Doe, 2009, p. 22).
3. Below are some examples of acceptable reference
citations:
Personal communication: J, Doe
(personal communication, April 6, 2010).
This can be used for information that you have used from the classroom.
Internet: Doe,
J. (2009). Nursing a work of the heart.
Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/
Monitor/oct09/workplace.html
One author book: Doe,
J. (2009). Nursing a work of the
heart. New York, New York: Sage
Publications.
More than one author book: Doe,
J., Martin, A., and Cat, J. (2009). Nursing is more than a
Work of the heart. New York, New
York: Sage Publications.
Reference book: Vanden, G. R.
(Ed). (2007). APA dictionary of
psychology. Washington, D.C.:
American Psychological Association.
Periodicals: Doe,
J. & Smith, K. (2009). Nursing
is the work of the heart. Nursing Today,
xx,
pp. 122-123.
More than seven authors: Gilbert,
D. G., MCCleron, J. F., Rabinovich, N.E., Sugai, C., Plath, L.,
Asgaard, G. … Botros, N. (2004).,
Effects of quitting smoking on EEG activation and
attention lasts for more than 31
. New York, New York: Sage Publications.
Use of a chapter in a book or entry in a
reference book:
Doe, J. & Smith, L. (2009).
Nursing is a work of the heart. In Kline, J. & Bart, B (Eds).
Nursing today and tomorrow. New York,
New York: Sage Publications.
No author: Today
and tomorrow (2008). If book put city
and who published, if periodical
Put periodical name, volume, and
pages.
Book: Today and tomorrow (2008). New York, New York: Sage Publications.
Periodical: Today and tomorrow (2008). Psychology Today, xx, p. 26.
If you have any other questions please
contact your instructor.
Running
head: APA FORMAT
APA Format
Your Name
Robert T. White School of Practical
Nursing
April 6, 2010